Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday bitterly attacked ally the United States over its support for Syrian Kurdish groups, as they seized an airport near Aleppo and sought to build ties with Russia, AFP reports.
In an impassioned and sometimes angry address, Erdogan accused Washington of creating a "pool of blood" in the region by working with Kurdish groups Ankara lists as terror organisations.
The US has been supporting Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in their fight against Islamists in Syria, but Turkey considers them to be terror groups allied to Kurdish rebels on its soil.